Duncan kenner



D. KENNER.

on APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1920.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922?.v

luuemtoz gum/00ml? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DUNCAN KENNER, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR TO DRY HAND MOPCOMPANY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, A CORPORATION.

MOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

Application filed November 1, 1920. Serial No. 421,047.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUNCAN KnNNnR, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana, havemade certain new and useful Improvements in Mops, of which the followingis a full and complete specification.

My invention relates to a novel improvement in the constructionandassemblage of mops, it being a feature of my device to .provide a mophead so arranged upon a handle that after use the mop may be wrung outand the superfluous water drained from the mop head without theoperators hands becoming wet in the operation.

/Vhere mop heads have been'attached to the ends of handles in suchmanner as to permit of their being wrung dry without removing from thehandles, the, wringing device together with the attaching means iscustomarily formed of metal or so shaped as to expose its projectingparts beyond the mop head. This results in frequent injury to the flooror furniture with which the mop comes into contact and causes scratches.Hence, it is an object of my invention to insure that the mop headextends beyond the mop handle at all times in such a way as to preventdamage to any object with which the mop head may ordinarily be broughtinto contact.

It has been found in the use of this type of device that where the loosestrands are free to move relatively to each other during the moppingoperation, the strands are likely to become tangled and interfere withthe proper wringing out of the water. It is, therefore, a feature of myinvention to ar-v range the mop head with respect to the bandle in suchfashion that the fibrous material of the mop head is retained in orderlystrands, in fixed relative position and secure against entanglement. r

Other objects of my invention will be ap parent from the followingdescription and drawings, in which latter Fig. 1 shows a mop inoperative position,

Fig. 2, the mop arranged for wringing, and

Fig. 3, an enlarged fragmentary vieW of the lower portion of the mophandle carrying a mop head, as in Fig. 1.

A handle 5 of suitable length is provided at one end with a knob orother device 6 easily grasped by the hand. The handle 5 is reduced for aportion of its length as at 1 between the shoulder 8 andthe end 9. A

coiled wire or other metallic helix 10 is arranged upon the reducedportion of the handle 5, being fastened at the lowerend as at 11. Thewire coil is free to move longitudinally and circumferentially, therebeing no fastening means connecting it at the upper end with the handleand its limit of movement is controlled only by the shoulder '8. Thiscoil 10 is of slightly greater diameter than reduced portion 7 of thehandle for a purpose as will appear hereinafter.

3 'A tubular sleeve 12 with a hole 13-parallel to its length and largeenough to slide over the coiled wire is provided and has a bead 14,while the lower portion is turned outwardly as at 15.

The mop head shown in the preferred form consists of a large number ofloops of yarn or other fibrous material, the ends 16 of which arefastened to the movable tubular sleeve preferably above the outwardlyturned portion 15, by means of a binding 17. Each loop of yarn consists'of an outer and inner length extending to a bight arranged beyond theend, 9, of the handle, 5. The bights of these loops are bound togetherby a fastening, 18, which may be of wire, yarn or fibrous material. Thestrands of yarn divide radially from the binding, 18, and are carriedaround the end, 9, of the handle in outer and inner courses, beingfastened tightly to the end, 9, and over the end of the coil. 10, bymeans of a wrapping, 19.

Twine, thread or a strand of yarn is woven or stitched through theparallel adjacent lengths of the loops, as indicated at 20 and 21. Thisstitching "divides the lengths into three substantially equal parts.

It will be evident that during the mopping When the handle 12 is raisedto extend the strands around the helix 10 preparatory to the twistingand wringing movement, the stitching 20 and 21, serves to maintain thestrands in definite and prearranged order. Where no stitching is used ithas been found that the mopping movements will transpose a strand sothat the raising of the handle 12 brings the displaced strand obliquelyaround the fabric structure, preventing the proper movement of thehandle 12 longitudinally or circumferentially of the member 7.

By making the coil 10 slightly larger than the reduced portion of thehandle there is no binding between the two and the parts of the coil arefree to move with the mop as the latter is twisted. After the twistingis completed and the mop has had most of the water wrung out, there is atendency on the part of the mop to mat or cling to the reduced portionof the handle. The resilience of the coil will cause it to expand, thuslifting the mop strands free and facilitating their return to operativeposition. As the coil is never actually compressed to the diameter ofthe reduced portion of the handle, there is always a small space betweenthe two, through which the water can pass after having been wrung out.

A mop constructed as above described is found to protect any object withwhich it comes in contact such as the floor and furniture from injury byadequately sheathing the mop handle and Wrin 'ing attachment. The formof mop head is ei fective to extend in all directions, spreading out andexposing all sides of the individual strands. During this operation theend parts between the stitching and the bindings assume fan shapes. Thewringing out of soiled water is made certain by the restoration of theparallel positions of the strands as the handle 12 is raised'andtwisted, the stitching 20 and 21 preventing lateral displacement of theindividual strands.

While I have described a preferred form for my invention it is obviousthat many changes may be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention and within the scope as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim is: a

1 In a mop, the combination of a handle, a mop-head consisting of aplurality of loose strands having loops brought together" gether.

beyond the end of the handle, means securing the strands around the endsof the handle, a hand-grip movable over the handle and carrying the freeends of the strands.

2. In a mop, the combination of a handle a mop-head consisting of aplurality of loose strands brought together beyond the end of thehandle, means securing the strands around the end of the handle, a handgrip movable over the handle and carrying the free ends of the strands,and means intermediate the ends of the strands for limiting the spreadof the strands.

3. In a mop, the combination of a handle, a mop-head consisting of aplurality of loose strands brought together beyond the end of thehandle, means securing the strands around the end of the handle, ahand-grip movable over the handle and carrying the free endsof thestrands, and a plural ty of connecting means equidistantly disposed onthe mop-head. for maintaining the adjacent strands thereof incontiguousrelation at the points of connection.

4. In a mop, the combination of a handle, a mop-head consisting of aplurality of loose strands brought together beyond the end of thehandle, means securing the strands aroundthe end of the handle, a handgrip movable overthe handle and carrying the free ends of thestrands,and connecting means intermediate the ends of the mophead formaintaining the strands thereof in contiguous relation at the point ofconnection.

5. In combination with a handle and hand-grip, a mop-head formed ofseparate strands of fibrous material arranged in adjacent relationaround the said handle, the end portions of said strands being fastenedto said handle and hand-grip, and the intermediate portions of adjacentstrands being bound together. I

6. In combination with a handle and hand-grip, a mop-head formed ofseparate loose strands havingloops of fibrous material arranged inadjacent relation around the said handle the bights and ends of saidstrands being fastenedto said handle and hand-grip respectively, and theintermediate portions of adjacent strands being bound to- In witnesswhereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

r a DUNCAN KENNER.

